Azz said:

jpnyc said:

Anything that keeps Rihanna from pretending she can sing is a good thing.

Pretending she can act?

Well if the remake was "Flashdance" it would be perfect for Rhianna. She could pretend to do the dance moves just like Jennifer Beals did in the original.

missfee said:

Azz said:

Pretending she can act?

Well if the remake was "Flashdance" it would be perfect for Rhianna. She could pretend to do the dance moves just like Jennifer Beals did in the original.

Now Rihanna remaking Flashdance makes way more sense.

TBH, all of these classics being used as vehicles to launch or maintain stars is a cheap trend I think.

Cinny said:

missfee said:

Well if the remake was "Flashdance" it would be perfect for Rhianna. She could pretend to do the dance moves just like Jennifer Beals did in the original.

Now Rihanna remaking Flashdance makes way more sense.

TBH, all of these classics being used as vehicles to launch or maintain stars is a cheap trend I think.

It's not really a new trend, though.

How many times has A Star is Born been remade?

Paris9748430 said:

Cinny said:

Now Rihanna remaking Flashdance makes way more sense.

TBH, all of these classics being used as vehicles to launch or maintain stars is a cheap trend I think.

It's not really a new trend, though.

How many times has A Star is Born been remade?

I would prefer a new okay movie like Last Holiday over retreading a classic...

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...if only because musicians don't make movies all that often.

The USA isn't the only country to do remakes. Jet Li remade Bruce Lee's The Chinese Connection as Fist Of Legend. Jackie Chan has been known to do many sequels like the ones for Police Story, the Lucky Stars series, Project A, etc. Many countries have based movies on the Japanese film Seven Samurai. Back in the studio days, Hollywood sometimes used footage from previous movies (generally westerns) and put it in other films to save time and money.

MickyDolenz said:

The USA isn't the only country to do remakes. Jet Li remade Bruce Lee's The Chinese Connection as Fist Of Legend. Jackie Chan has been known to do many sequels like the ones for Police Story, the Lucky Stars series, Project A, etc. Many countries have based movies on the Japanese film Seven Samurai. Back in the studio days, Hollywood sometimes used footage from previous movies (generally westerns) and put it in other films to save time and money.

Japan is also remaking Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven.